New Squadron Commanders Take Charge

SafeTALK: Training program's goal is suicide prevention

In the quiet, darkened main room of the Levitow Training Support Facility, a young technical school student, surrounded by his peers, relates a story of someone he knew who was thinking about suicide. According to its Web site, the SafeTALK suicide-prevention program now being used by the Air Force

Keesler medic gears up for Air Force Marathon

How do they do it? How does someone run 26 miles nonstop? Or, to put it another way, 104 laps around the track. Just think about that number for a second -- 104! One person who has decided to put himself through this organized form of "torture" is Dominic Ancona, an aerospace medical service

Commissaries keep emergency items stocked

No one can predict when or where the next disaster will occur. However, when it happens, conventional wisdom says that you need to be prepared to survive for a period of three days to a week without running water, electricity or access to stores for food and medicines. For several years, the Defense

81st Training Wing names quarterly award winners

Airman -- Staff Sgt. Rodan Ubungen, 81st Dental Squadron. Noncommissioned officer -- Tech. Sgt. Carlos Hurtado, 81st Training Support Squadron. Senior NCO -- Master Sgt. George Thompson, 333rd Training Squadron. Company grade officer -- Capt. Robert Curran, 333rd TRS. Civilian nonsupervisory

Rules of political engagement for military, federal civilians

As the November elections approach, it's a good time to review appropriate political activity for federal employees, both military and civilian. The guiding policy is the Hatch Act (5 USC 7321-7325) and Joint Ethics Regulation 5500.7R, Section 3, paragraph 6-300. Military and Department of Defense